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. 2012 Oct 24;51(11):3515–3519. doi: 10.1007/s13197-012-0882-x

Table 1.

Effects of bloom and display time on colour characteristics (Mean ± SD) of buffalo meat

Bloom time(min)	Colour characteristics^x
Bloom time(min)	L*	a*	b*	Hue^y	Chroma^z
0	34.8 ± 2.10^d	6.4 ± 1.05^a	6.7 ± 1.22^a	46.0 ± 2.22^b	9.3 ± 1.57^a
10	32.6 ± 1.38^c	7.1 ± 1.01^a	8.0 ± 0.56^b	48.5 ± 2.28^c	10.7 ± 1.07^b
20	34.6 ± 1.61^d	6.9 ± 1.04^a	7.5 ± 0.51^b	47.6 ± 2.47^bc	10.2 ± 1.07^ab
30	30.9 ± 1.79^bc	8.9 ± 0.60^b	9.1 ± 0.65^c	45.8 ± 0.61^b	12.8 ± 0.87^c
45	28.1 ± 1.99^a	10.0 ± 1.42^c	8.5 ± 0.64^c	40.5 ± 2.25^a	13.1 ± 1.48^c
60	29.4 ± 1.80^ab	9.8 ± 1.00^bc	7.9 ± 0.37^bc	39.2 ± 1.82^a	12.6 ± 1.00^c
SEM	0.82	0.43	0.29	0.83	0.49
Display time (Hr)
0	34.8 ± 2.10^e	6.4 ± 1.05^a	6.7 ± 1.22^a	46.0 ± 2.22^e	9.3 ± 1.57^a
2	27.8 ± 1.94^bcd	9.4 ± 1.07^b	10.3 ± 0.72^d	47.6 ± 1.36^e	14.0 ± 1.25^b
4	28.8 ± 1.29^d	11.7 ± 0.69^c	9.4 ± 0.47^c	38.8 ± 1.58^c	16.7 ± 1.33^d
6	28.2 ± 1.06^cd	11.6 ± 0.85^c	9.1 ± 0.78^c	38.0 ± 1.99^c	14.8 ± 0.62^bc
8	27.1 ± 0.37^bc	12.6 ± 0.65^d	12.0 ± 0.54^e	43.4 ± 1.08^d	17.4 ± 0.79^d
10	26.8 ± 0.17^b	13.2 ± 0.41^d	9.5 ± 0.88^c	35.7 ± 2.40^b	16.3 ± 0.41^cd
12	24.4 ± 0.24^a	16.0 ± 0.14^e	8.1 ± 0.10^b	26.9 ± 0.37^a	18.0 ± 0.14^d
SEM	0.62	0.31	0.31	0.90	0.80

^xHunter Lab Spectrocolorimeter, illuminant D_65, 10 ⁰ observer, 2.5 cm port

^yHue angle = tan⁻¹(b*/a*)

^zChroma = (a* ² + b*²)^1/2

SEM standard error of means

SD standard deviation

n = 12

Means with same letters in a column are not different (P > 0.05)